Indonesia: Minister of Agriculture SYL targets development of 1 Million orange seeds

Published Oct 19, 2021

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The article highlights a call to action by the Indonesian Agriculture Minister, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, to boost the development of area-based horticultural commodities, with a focus on oranges and kaffir limes, to increase export volumes threefold. The Minister emphasizes the importance of innovative disease-free citrus seed technology and the potential of agriculture to continue trade during the pandemic. Plans are set to establish Batu as a breeding center and to release 100,000 disease-free citrus seeds to farmers. The Agricultural Research and Development Agency is supporting this initiative by distributing disease-free citrus seedlings and developing various tropical commodities. A cooperation agreement with stakeholders and the launch of a book on innovative orange technology were also mentioned in the article.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BATU -- Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo (Mentan SYL) encouraged the development of area-based horticultural commodities to increase export volume by three times. One of them is oranges, which is an Indonesian commodity that has a comparative advantage, and the demand for exports is quite high. Therefore, the development of citrus needs to be increased to 1 million superior citrus seeds. Kaffir lime is one type that already has a regular market and export demand every month. "Today, our innovative citrus seed technology title releases kaffir lime which has a strong international market. Today we release exports to France and the Netherlands, the demand for kaffir lime exports is quite large. President Jokowi's order is that in addition to increasing production to meet his own needs, but also to double exports," said the Minister of Agriculture at the event of Disease-Free Orange Seed Innovative Technology Supporting Regional Development in Batu, Tuesday ...

Source: Republika